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As
soon
as
I
entered
the
house
,
my
wife
took
me
in
her
arms
,
and
kissed
me
;
at
which
,
having
not
been
used
to
the
touch
of
that
odious
animal
for
so
many
years
,
I
fell
into
a
swoon
for
almost
an
hour
.
At
the
time
I
am
writing
,
it
is
five
years
since
my
last
return
to
England
.
During
the
first
year
,
I
could
not
endure
my
wife
or
children
in
my
presence
;
the
very
smell
of
them
was
intolerable
;
much
less
could
I
suffer
them
to
eat
in
the
same
room
.
To
this
hour
they
dare
not
presume
to
touch
my
bread
,
or
drink
out
of
the
same
cup
,
neither
was
I
ever
able
to
let
one
of
them
take
me
by
the
hand
.
The
first
money
I
laid
out
was
to
buy
two
young
stone-horses
,
which
I
keep
in
a
good
stable
;
and
next
to
them
,
the
groom
is
my
greatest
favourite
,
for
I
feel
my
spirits
revived
by
the
smell
he
contracts
in
the
stable
.
My
horses
understand
me
tolerably
well
;
I
converse
with
them
at
least
four
hours
every
day
.
They
are
strangers
to
bridle
or
saddle
;
they
live
in
great
amity
with
me
and
friendship
to
each
other
.
Thus
,
gentle
reader
,
I
have
given
thee
a
faithful
history
of
my
travels
for
sixteen
years
and
above
seven
months
:
wherein
I
have
not
been
so
studious
of
ornament
as
of
truth
.
I
could
,
perhaps
,
like
others
,
have
astonished
thee
with
strange
improbable
tales
;
but
I
rather
chose
to
relate
plain
matter
of
fact
,
in
the
simplest
manner
and
style
;
because
my
principal
design
was
to
inform
,
and
not
to
amuse
thee
.
It
is
easy
for
us
who
travel
into
remote
countries
,
which
are
seldom
visited
by
Englishmen
or
other
Europeans
,
to
form
descriptions
of
wonderful
animals
both
at
sea
and
land
.
Whereas
a
traveller
's
chief
aim
should
be
to
make
men
wiser
and
better
,
and
to
improve
their
minds
by
the
bad
,
as
well
as
good
,
example
of
what
they
deliver
concerning
foreign
places
.
I
could
heartily
wish
a
law
was
enacted
,
that
every
traveller
,
before
he
were
permitted
to
publish
his
voyages
,
should
be
obliged
to
make
oath
before
the
Lord
High
Chancellor
,
that
all
he
intended
to
print
was
absolutely
true
to
the
best
of
his
knowledge
;
for
then
the
world
would
no
longer
be
deceived
,
as
it
usually
is
,
while
some
writers
,
to
make
their
works
pass
the
better
upon
the
public
,
impose
the
grossest
falsities
on
the
unwary
reader
.
I
have
perused
several
books
of
travels
with
great
delight
in
my
younger
days
;
but
having
since
gone
over
most
parts
of
the
globe
,
and
been
able
to
contradict
many
fabulous
accounts
from
my
own
observation
,
it
has
given
me
a
great
disgust
against
this
part
of
reading
,
and
some
indignation
to
see
the
credulity
of
mankind
so
impudently
abused
.
Therefore
,
since
my
acquaintance
were
pleased
to
think
my
poor
endeavours
might
not
be
unacceptable
to
my
country
,
I
imposed
on
myself
,
as
a
maxim
never
to
be
swerved
from
,
that
I
would
strictly
adhere
to
truth
;
neither
indeed
can
I
be
ever
under
the
least
temptation
to
vary
from
it
,
while
I
retain
in
my
mind
the
lectures
and
example
of
my
noble
master
and
the
other
illustrious
Houyhnhnms
of
whom
I
had
so
long
the
honour
to
be
an
humble
hearer
.
--
Nec
si
miserum
Fortuna
Sinonem
Finxit
,
vanum
etiam
,
mendacemque
improba
finget
.
I
know
very
well
,
how
little
reputation
is
to
be
got
by
writings
which
require
neither
genius
nor
learning
,
nor
indeed
any
other
talent
,
except
a
good
memory
,
or
an
exact
journal
.
I
know
likewise
,
that
writers
of
travels
,
like
dictionary-makers
,
are
sunk
into
oblivion
by
the
weight
and
bulk
of
those
who
come
last
,
and
therefore
lie
uppermost
.
And
it
is
highly
probable
,
that
such
travellers
,
who
shall
hereafter
visit
the
countries
described
in
this
work
of
mine
,
may
,
by
detecting
my
errors
(
if
there
be
any
)
)
,
and
adding
many
new
discoveries
of
their
own
,
justle
me
out
of
vogue
,
and
stand
in
my
place
,
making
the
world
forget
that
ever
I
was
an
author
.
This
indeed
would
be
too
great
a
mortification
,
if
I
wrote
for
fame
:
but
as
my
sole
intention
was
the
public
good
,
I
can
not
be
altogether
disappointed
.
For
who
can
read
of
the
virtues
I
have
mentioned
in
the
glorious
Houyhnhnms
,
without
being
ashamed
of
his
own
vices
,
when
he
considers
himself
as
the
reasoning
,
governing
animal
of
his
country
?
I
shall
say
nothing
of
those
remote
nations
where
Yahoos
preside
;
among
which
the
least
corrupted
are
the
Brobdingnagians
;
whose
wise
maxims
in
morality
and
government
it
would
be
our
happiness
to
observe
.
But
I
forbear
descanting
further
,
and
rather
leave
the
judicious
reader
to
his
own
remarks
and
application
.
I
am
not
a
little
pleased
that
this
work
of
mine
can
possibly
meet
with
no
censurers
:
for
what
objections
can
be
made
against
a
writer
,
who
relates
only
plain
facts
,
that
happened
in
such
distant
countries
,
where
we
have
not
the
least
interest
,
with
respect
either
to
trade
or
negotiations
?
I
have
carefully
avoided
every
fault
with
which
common
writers
of
travels
are
often
too
justly
charged
.
Besides
,
I
meddle
not
the
least
with
any
party
,
but
write
without
passion
,
prejudice
,
or
ill-will
against
any
man
,
or
number
of
men
,
whatsoever
.
I
write
for
the
noblest
end
,
to
inform
and
instruct
mankind
;
over
whom
I
may
,
without
breach
of
modesty
,
pretend
to
some
superiority
,
from
the
advantages
I
received
by
conversing
so
long
among
the
most
accomplished
Houyhnhnms
.
I
write
without
any
view
to
profit
or
praise
.
I
never
suffer
a
word
to
pass
that
may
look
like
reflection
,
or
possibly
give
the
least
offence
,
even
to
those
who
are
most
ready
to
take
it
.
